Background Carotenoids are C-30 or C-40 based pigments with antioxidant/anti-
inflammatory properties, some possessing vitamin A activity. Their dietary intake, especially …

Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in most developing countries, especially in
children and pregnant women. It is thus a priority in health policy to improve preformed …

▪ Abstract Factors that influence the bioavailability of carotenoids and their bioconversion to
retinol are species of carotenoids, molecular linkage, amount of carotenoids consumed in a …

▪ Abstract The possible role of carotenoids and their metabolites in disease prevention is far
from fully understood, because the bioavailabilities of carotenoids are complicated by …

A growing literature is dedicated to the understanding of carotenoid beneficial health effects.
However, the absorption process of this broad family of molecules is still poorly understood …

Vitamin A is an essential nutrient for humans and is converted to the visual chromophore, 11-
cis-retinal, and to the hormone, retinoic acid. Vitamin A in animal-derived foods is found as …

Carotenoids exert a rich variety of physiological functions in mammals and are beneficial for
human health. These lipids are acquired from the diet and metabolized to apocarotenoids …

Within the last few years, knowledge about vitamins has increased dramatically. This new
edition of a bestseller presents comprehensive summaries that analyze the chemical …

Human metabolism of carotenoids is of interest not only because of the provitamin A function
of certain carotenoids, but also because these compounds have been associated with …

β-Carotene intake and tissue/blood concentrations have been associated with reduced
incidence of several chronic diseases. Further bioactive carotenoid-metabolites can …